Sue has to cut her grandma's grass this weekend and wants to know exactly how much area she will be cutting. Calculate the area
of the polygon. Be sure to show all your work and explain your answer.
Six-sided polygon that includes two isosceles right triangles, one with height and base of 25 feet, the other height and base of 8 feet, and one rectangle measuring 35 feet by 8 feet.
Six-sided polygon that includes two isosceles right triangles, one with height and base of 25 feet, the other height and base of 8 feet, and one rectangle measuring 35 feet by 8 feet.
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Since this is a right triangle, you can use the pythagorean theorem, , to find XY. Since we know that 15 and 17 are our legs and that XY is the hypotenuse, we can solve it as such:
In short, XY is √514, or 22.67 rounded to the hundreths, units long.